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Central part of the Orion nebula

author: ESO/Novapix

reference: a-neb19-76111

Image Size 300 DPI: 23 * 23 cm

Colour composite mosaic image of the central part of the Orion Nebula, based on 81 images obtained with the infrared multi-mode ISAAC instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory. The famous Trapezium stars are seen near the centre and the photo also shows the associated cluster of about one thousand stars, about a million years old.

Keywords for this photo:

1999 - 2001 - ASTRONOMY - DIFFUSE NEBULA - INFRARED - M42 - MASSIVE STAR - NEBULA - NGC 1976 - OPEN CLUSTER - ORION - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - TRAPEZIUM - VERY LARGE TELESCOPE - VLT - YOUNG STAR -